Make a referral about a child
In Somerset this goes to the Children's Social Care (Somerset Direct) / Family Front Door.
Phone: 0300 123 2224
Out of hours: 0300 123 2327
Local safeguarding contacts › Somerset
Safeguarding contacts for schools in Somerset
Where a designated safeguarding lead in Somerset makes a referral, raises an allegation about a member of staff, and finds the local threshold document. Every link goes to the council’s or Somerset Safeguarding Children Partnership’s own pages.
If a child is in immediate danger, call 999.
Allegations about staff: the LADO
For a concern that an adult working with children may have harmed a child or may pose a risk. When to contact the LADO
Email: sdinputters@somerset.gov.uk
Threshold document
How Somerset describes levels of need, from universal services to child protection. What a threshold document is
Effective Support for Children and Families in Somerset (Updated February 2026)
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